Gaming Desktop for a Student

[Koby Sommer]

Hello there!

I am currently a student, looking to get back into gaming for my down times. Currently, I am feeling a bit adventurous enough to build my own desktop. I have plenty of experience with computers and mild experience in the hardware aspect, so I was wondering if I could get some feedback, some info and thoughts, and a look through what I here, just so I know all the items work together correctly. I do appreciate any help at all. I included the wish-list below as well for more specs. Rift, WoW, or Guild Wars 2 will be most of my focus, perhaps even portal. I won't be doing too much gaming, but I would like to keep my budget and strength of the PC level.

Thank you,

Koby


Power supply
Antec BP550 Plus 550W

Case
Rosewill CHALLENGER

GPU
Radeon HD 6770

Hard Drive
Western Digital 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

CPU
Intel Core i3-2100

Motherboard
ASRock Z77

RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)


http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=19461331

 

[kennai]

If that's your budget and choice of card, get an A10-5800k or a10-6800k when it comes, a85x mobo, and get that hybrid crossfire going on. Then get some good ram going on.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157339
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220706
Here you go.

 

[Koby Sommer]

I like these suggestions. Keeps me around the same price. I also was curious as to if I should purchase more fans than the three?

 

[kennai]

Nevermind what I said, read it as 6670. You can't dual graphics with the 6770, and it'll perform better than the 6670.
Go back to what you had originally and switch the graphics card for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202011 or the Radeon HD 7770 from saphire.
Also switch your i3 to this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775 the discount makes them the same price. Motherboard is good, and you could go for a combo deal of a case with a power supply that gives you what you want for less.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156259&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Let's you get the price of a power supply and case for one. You sacrifice the modular.

 

[Koby Sommer]

I see I see. I do like the case. Perhaps I need to equip it with more fans though?